Gavin Newsom rips into Trump's latest pro-Russia move: 'Putin's good little boy'

Gavin Newsom's Press Office criticized the recently announced deal between the US, Russia, and India to alleviate the oil shortage.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed earlier today (March 6) that a trade deal to purchase oil already stranded at sea had been reached with Russia. His statement, posted to X, reads, "President Trump’s energy agenda has resulted in oil and gas production reaching the highest levels ever recorded.

"To enable oil to keep flowing into the global market, the Treasury Department is issuing a temporary 30-day waiver to allow Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil. This deliberately short-term measure will not provide significant financial benefit to the Russian government as it only authorizes transactions involving oil already stranded at sea.

"India is an essential partner of the United States, and we fully anticipate that New Delhi will ramp up purchases of U.S. oil. This stop-gap measure will alleviate pressure caused by Iran’s attempt to take global energy hostage."

The Governor of California's press office has since mocked this deal and denounced both Bessent and Trump for engaging in trade with Russia.

A post from the Gavin Newsom Press Office on X reads, "Trump waives the Russia oil ban! Putin’s good little boy." Attached is an image of Putin patting the heads of two children, with Trump and Bessent's faces edited on.

Mockery of the president and his administration follows Newsom's claim that Trump knows the midterm elections will be a blowout for the Republican Party.

During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel's talk show, the Governor of California once more repeated his assessment of the midterms - that the GOP will lose massively because of Trump. But the projected wins of the Democratic Party, while not guaranteed, will be aided by a move Trump pulled last year.

He told Kimmel, "Trump is a historic president. Historically unpopular. He's going to get crushed, shellacked, in the midterms. He is. He's toast. And he knows it.

"Why else did he call Greg Abbot, saying he's 'entitled' to five seats in a mid-decade redistricting? They, of course, obliged in Texas. What Trump thought would follow was maybe a conversation about writing an op-ed in California to try to win the argument as they're consolidating power.